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scutello iiitido fere Ipevi; elytris sub calluin liumeralem haud 

 depressis, pone basin transversim fortiter impressis, sub- 

 fortiter subseriatim (ad latera magis, postice minus, fortiter) 

 punctulatis, verrucis sat numerosis minus parvis (in parte 

 basali impressa carentibus) vix seriatim instructis, interstitiis 

 vix (postice magis distincte) rugulosis sed hie illic ut rugae 

 transversfe certo adspectu apparentilius, parte marginali sat 

 lata a disco (per sulculum subobsoletum sat continuum) sat 

 distincta extrorsum oblique suljfortiter directa, calli humeralis 

 margine interno a sutura quam ab elytrorum margine laterali 

 haud magis distanti; segmento ventrali basali crebre minus 

 fortiter punctulato. Long. 3 (vix), lat. 2| lines. 



A species of inconspicuous appearance considerably resembling 

 P. verrucosa and its allies, but diflfering from them inter alia by 

 the considerably more rugulose interstices (especially behind) of 

 the elytral interstices and b}^ the more strongly marked postbasal 

 impression of its elytra. Also near jmpulosa, Er., from which it 

 differs inter alia by the very much closer and finer puncturation 

 of its prothorax. 



W. Australia; Swan River; taken by Mr. Lea. 



P. BREVISSIMA, Sp.nOV. 



(J. Latissime subovata, valde convexa, altitudine majori (a 

 latere visa) ante elytrorum marginem medium posita; sub- 

 nitida; tota rufo-ferruginea ; capite confertim subtilius 

 subaspere punctulato; prothorace quam longiori ut 2^ ad 1 

 latiori, ab apice fere ad basin dilatato, pone apicem transver- 

 sim impresso, ci^ebrius sat subtiliter (ad latera magis grosse) 

 punctulato, lateribus minus arcuatis haud deplanatis, angulis 

 posticis rotundatis ; scutello sparsim subtilius punctulato; 

 elytris sub callum humeralem haud depressis, pone basin 

 transversim manifeste impressis, crebre subtilius subseriatim 

 (ad latera paullo magis fortiter) punctulatis, verrucis modicis 

 in parte postica subseriatim instructis, interstitiis vix rugu- 

 losis, parte marginali sat lata a disco antice vix postice (per 



